|
|
Posts: 107
Location: Marana, AZ | Well after prolly 6mos or so of flying without a crash due to pilot error I finally did it! I am one of those who don't believe in accidents per say. I think mishaps are the result of many things going wrong at the same time. So what was the result? I crash landed my blue PA Addiction. Ill post some pics later. How did I do that? Well Lets start with the time 8:00pm. Not bad in itself in AZ. There was enough light to fly close in-I did not. It was a little more windy than I would have liked, I just needed to stay a little high, I did not. I needed to keep it out of the light-I did not. I needed to keep a visual on it at all times - I did not. The last two are what got me! While in a steep bank turn it went behind a tree. When it came out it was in the setting sunlight. I saw a black outline of a plane in a turn nose down at 11'alt. I pulled up and tried to roll out. Another 2" and I would have made a spectacular save. Instead I had a propstrike,and drug the L wing. I will not fly in the dark any more! 
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 216
Location: Orlando, FL | Man! I can't believe... you just finished repair that plane!
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 107
Location: Marana, AZ | Yeah snapped the motor mount and broke the wing tube again. Prolly redo the ribs this time. I only had about 20 or so flights :( |
|
| |
|
XtremeFlyer Member
Posts: 49
| bummer! that sucks! |
|
| |
I Crashed!
